An awesome sneak peek of The Dragon's Succubus. Starting with the introduction and the first chapter for your reading pleasure. Please note this book is intended for adult readers as it can get steamy hot...
Being a princess is a pretty
amazing job, that is, unless you’re a princess of the Underworld. Alleyah “Lee”
Jenkins is the daughter of Hades and a human woman, Joanna. Her birth left her
an orphan in the human realm. When she hit adolescence, she came into her
succubus powers and learned the truth of her birthright. She was destined to
marry a demon prince and together they would rule the thirteenth level of the
underworld. She had different plans.
For the next twelve years she hunted and dispatched demons
to the underworld, honoring the memory of her human mother and clearly stating
her opposition to taking her throne in the underworld. When she meets a bounty
hunter named Connor MacGregor, her world is turned upside down. He is tasked
with the duty of bringing her to justice for a crime she didn’t commit. His
family honor, and the lives of his siblings, depend on him accomplishing his
goal. He didn’t, however, expect to discover she was his mate!
Chapter One
The heavy beat of the techno music
playing over the speakers of the rundown nightclub, Jericho, was a jarring and
somewhat strangely comfortable lullaby for Alleyah Jenkins. Two years ago this
place was the hottest destination in town for a Friday and Saturday night, but
now, they were lucky if a couple hundred patrons came the entire weekend. Lee
didn’t mind the lull in customers or the cut in tips. It made both of her jobs
easier. As the bartender, she rarely had customers waiting and fewer patrons
meant she could focus on her real calling, and tonight she had a new target in mind.
She’d spent the better part of the
last two hours flirting with a reptile, and she was about to close the deal.
All she needed was her back up bartender, Alex, to show up. She passed the
blond haired, green eyed man a beer and this time held her hand on his for ten
extra seconds. Then, she winked and gave him her best smile before she leaned
over and whispered, “You want to accompany me on my break out back?” She made
sure her abundant chest was positioned perfectly over the bar so he could see
the goods.
The smile he gave back meant he got
the message loud and clear. He was more than willing to join her in the alley
for a little bump and grind. The pieces were falling into place nicely and she
was happy knowing that her diversion would keep the bastard from finding
another woman to torment tonight. If all went well, the last intimate moment
the man had on this earth was going to be with her.
As if on cue, the back-up
bartender, Charlie Harrington, entered the nightclub. She was wearing tight
black jeans and an even tighter white t-shirt which meant she was looking for
good tips tonight. It was odd she was here, it meant Alex was taking the night
off, which he never did on a weekend night. He had to be lying on his death bed
to not be here. Lee made a mental note to check on him after her shift was
over.
Charlie, the redheaded female
bartender, didn’t make it behind the bar before Lee jumped out to meet her. She
gave the girl an affectionate smile and tossed her apron to her partner for the
night. “I’m taking a break.” She smiled as she glanced over to her shag partner
who stood up and followed her sashaying hips out the back door.
The good thing about being a
succubus was she was rarely turned down by men or women. It made her the
perfect hunter. Her curvy body, blonde curls, and violet eyes helped too, but
it was hard to resist pheromones like hers. She could be unattractive and still
be alluring to her prey.
She waited for her mark to make it
across the alley while she sipped her bottleneck beer silently. The grin on the
man’s face was priceless. Demons were always so cocky. This one was no
different. He placed both hands on either side of her head and moved within
inches of her face, trapping her to the wall…or so he thought.
He was focused on possessing her
and she was focused on her mental checklist. Sulfuric smell, yep. Check. Yellow
tinge to eyes, check. He brushed her blonde hair back away from her eyes, and
she took note that the upper half of his ring finger had been chopped off. Body
disfigurement. Minor, but check.
“I’m Reed, what’s your name?” His
voice was silky smooth, almost hypnotic.
Compulsion powers, check. Social
skills and desire to make a connection, uncheck. Okay, not good. Everything
about this man screamed demon so why was he not lining up with her checklist? “No names,” Lee told him as she crushed her
lips to his. Bastard! She never
killed a mark unless she was able to verify, without a doubt, it was a demon. Now
she had to actually make out with the arrogant ass to make sure he was who he
seemed to be. Thankfully, he was a good kisser and responded to her lips
instantly.
She excreted a little extra
pheromones into her saliva as she slid her tongue along his lower lip. He
opened wide to deepen the kiss. His fingers slid down her body and ignited her
inner demon, her succubus side came alive when his hands slipped under her
t-shirt and glided upward to cup her breast. Lee wrapped her leg around his hip
and pressed her urgent, needy body up against his groin. His desire for her evident
in the hardness trying to push itself out from behind his zipper. He moved both
hands up above her head and dipped his mouth to her neck. A moan escaped her
lips and then she heard the click and felt the cold metal against her wrists.
“What the hell?” Her violet eyes
shot daggers as he brought her hand down and she saw the cuff connecting her
wrist to his. “I’m not into kinky stuff without discussing it first.” She had a
feeling he wasn’t into bondage either. The clear look in his eyes told her he
wasn’t under her spell. She’d never met someone who was unaffected by her
hormones. Demons, humans, supernaturals, they all succumbed to the pheromones
her body emitted. Why didn’t he?
“You and I are going to take a
ride, Alleyah.” The glazed-over look of sexual desire was gone, replaced by
stone-cold resolve.
“I don’t ride in cars with
strangers.” She spun around and kicked the back of his knee, the force of the
blow causing him to lose his footing and crumble to the ground. He pulled her
with him. She really should’ve thought that move through. She managed to
chastise herself before her knees hit the dirty, damp ground. The coppery smell
of blood rose on the air and she watched as Reed’s green eyes turned red with
hunger. He wasn’t a demon, he was something else, something worse. He was
something that fed on blood.
Demons fed on the souls they
collected. The souls they harvested agreed to be victims in exchange for
something they wanted. Lee felt sorry for the lost souls that demons consumed,
but those souls chose to be the demon’s food. Blood feeders were different. They
stalked their prey and took what wasn’t offered to them. They were the bottom
feeders of the supernatural races and she despised them, but she didn’t hunt
them. She left that job to the human hunters. Her motivation behind killing
demons was more of a family affair.
Lee threw a punch toward Reed’s jaw
and heard the familiar crack. He turned and gave her a grin as though she
hadn’t even touched him. “By now I’m sure you know I’m not as easy to kill as
your weak-ass demons. Why don’t you be a good girl and come with me willingly?”
“Like hell!” She kicked him in the
face, punched him in the gut, but it wasn’t until she took aim at his groin
that he grabbed her foot, twisted, and slammed her down to the ground.
“Sorry, sweetheart. I like that
part of my anatomy too much to allow you to inflict damage.” There was humor in
his voice. He actually looked like he was enjoying her attempts at fighting for
her life. Jerk!
“Really? It seemed rather small to
me, almost too tiny to care about.”
A deep laugh rumbled from his
diaphragm. “I’m not adverse to taking it out and demonstrating its power.”
“Animal.”
“Yes, I am.” He tugged her up and
pulled her against him. His breath hot on her skin. “Which is a step up on the
evolutionary ladder over you, succubus.” His lips closed the gap and claimed
hers, and the tiniest inkling of hope sparked inside her soul. He was attracted
to her or her pheromones were kicking in. Either way, she had some leverage
that she could use to escape capture. Now she just needed to figure out who
wanted her and why.
His tongue swirled in her mouth and
she reciprocated, both of them feeling a hunger build inside them. “Now, I’m
sorry for this.” He zapped her with an electrical current to the brain which
fried her mind and made her pass out.
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